Buddas and Art in Ukiah, California.
When I visited California last fall PortMoresby, a fellow travel blogger, suggested I visit the city of Ukiah, to see The City of 10,000 Buddhas. So I scheduled a trip there during my stay in Santa Rosa. Ukiah is 60 miles north of Santa Rosa, sitting along the Russian River, and serves as the seat of Mendocino County. Its name comes from Yokaya, the Pomo name for the area, which means “deep valley”. The first Anglo settlers moved into the area in the mid-1850’s, and it quickly became a center for the local agriculture industry, with hops as its primary crop. The City of Ten-Thousand Buddhas Waiting for a Ferry in Autumn by Chiu Ying Lotus by Li Shih-ti The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is a Buddhist community and monastery, just outside of Ukiah. It was established in 1976 by the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association, which follows the teaching of Hsuan Hua and the Guiyang School of Chan Buddhism. It consists of 80 acres of buildings and over 400 acres of fields and farmland...